Disaster management following the chi-chi earthquake in Taiwan

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 196-202

  Chan, Yu Feng ^a   Alagappan, Kumar ^b   Gandhi, Arpita ^c   Donovan, Colleen ^a   Tewari, Malti ^a   Zaets, Sergey B ^a  

^a University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chi Chi Earthquake; disaster management; disaster planning; earthquake; Nantou; Taichung; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; TAIWAN;

DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; NATURAL DISASTERS; TAIWAN;

EID: 33748106351     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00003678     Document Type: Article

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